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Twenty years ago, I was 20 years old when I came to the UK. In 2003, he took the college entrance examination and scored 439 points . At that time, the second line in Fujian Province was 430 points, and the first line was 490 points. It is said that the math papers back then were very difficult, and there were rumors that someone stole the exam papers and temporarily replaced them with the more difficult B papers. In any case, with a score of 439, I couldn’t get into a good university. In addition, I had no goals when filling out the application form. In the end, I was admitted to Xiamen Ocean Vocational College (which is a junior college). Fortunately, I didn’t go back then, otherwise, there is a high probability that I would still be a gangster in my hometown in Xiamen.
Admission Notice of Xiamen Ocean Vocational and Technical University in 2003
My older sister was studying at China Agricultural University. After discussing with my mother, she decided to let me study in Beijing as well. It happened that China Agricultural University had a cooperative education with the University of Luton (now the University of Bedfordshire ) in the United Kingdom.
The University of Luton (Luton/Luton) University in the United Kingdom merged with a campus of another university in the United Kingdom, De Montfort University in 2006), and changed its name to University of Bedfordshire (University of Bedfordshire), although the University of Bedfordshire It is the largest university in Bedford County, but it ranks at the bottom all year round. It is nicknamed “Bedfordshit”. The entry threshold is very low. Some people say that you are welcome if you can afford it.
This cooperative education program is in the form of 2+1, that is, to study in China for two years and to study abroad for one year. In this way, you can obtain a bachelor’s degree certificate from a foreign university. Of course, if your college entrance examination scores meet the first-line requirements of China Agricultural University, and you can also obtain a graduation certificate from China Agricultural University, it will be much more valuable than the graduation certificate from this pheasant university in the UK.
The cooperation project of China Agricultural University is called ICB (International College Beijing – International College at Beijing). The annual tuition fee in China is very expensive, about 30,000 yuan. The cost of going abroad for the year was about 200,000 (the tuition fee was 9,000 pounds, and the exchange rate at that time was 1:16).
If 200,000 RMB was used to buy a house in Beijing in 2003, it is now estimated to cost tens of millions
The 2+1 form only requires two years of study in China, and one year abroad , and the cost will be much less. However, although we originally prepared 2+1, the International College (ICB) canceled the plan without our consent because there were too few applicants for the computer major. Later, another classmate and I expressed dissatisfaction and protest, and finally they agreed to hire foreign teachers for the two of us as usual in the first year, but we need to go abroad one year in advance, which is the form of 1 plus 2.
1 plus 2 has pros and cons. The advantage is that you can gain more experience by staying abroad for two years, but the disadvantage is that you need to spend an extra year. However, fortunately, I applied for funding from the International College of China Agricultural University in my junior year, which covered my study and living expenses during my junior year in the UK. In addition to working in spare time (you can do 20 hours of odd jobs per week on a student visa in the UK), money is not a big problem. I successfully completed my undergraduate studies and obtained a first-class degree in computer science. I also received a full scholarship to start studying for a Ph.D. Degree , then went to Switzerland to play and study for a year, returned to the UK and graduated with a doctorate, met a wife, and then applied for high-skilled immigration, worked, and had a baby, and began to become mediocre (in our era, most of them are denominators).
The opportunity to do a Ph.D. is also very lucky: Memories – How I started a Ph.D.
When I was a sophomore at school, the dormitory was my first place to stay in the UK. After moving N times, I finally got my first house in 2015. Later, I changed houses and bought it for my wife. Suite rental Buy-to-let , the days are getting better and better, and life is getting more and more hopeful: annual memorabilia, review and summary are for a better life
I was young and thin back then
At that time, the dormitory could not access the Internet, so I could only walk 4 minutes to the school library to access the Internet for free.
The cheapest student dormitory at Luton University in 2004, 55 pounds a week, no internet access, but then the building was demolished. This dormitory building is 4 minutes walk from the main building of the school
The guy in red was writing a Java program at the time, I helped him debug it, and now he’s in Oxford – also a Ph.D.
This is said to be the dirtiest kitchen in the building.
The kitchen was buzzing after dinner – was playing games
6 people share a kitchen, all boys, so it’s dirty
English: Twenty Years
The photo was taken by a classmate at the time, he should be from the Czech Republic : Photos are taken by http://luton.yanas.cz/
As long as you work hard, life will get better and better. PS: This year Luton football team was promoted back to the Premier League after more than 30 years.
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